Keep your kitchen countertops organized with these tips

sWhen the kitchen is the center of attention, it’s naturally the most cluttered room. In general, the most affected areas are always the countertops on which tools, appliances and various random objects accumulate. Tips from Woman & Home magazine will help prevent this from happening.

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In fact, having “an organized work surface can be good for our mental health,” says Julia Trendle, design expert at Benchmarx Kitchens, a kitchen company in the UK.

It’s that, in general, “disturbance can make simple tasks, like putting dishes away, take longer,” he adds. Also, looking at a mess “causes stress, especially if we don’t have time to clean it up.”

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Tips that will help you keep your countertop organized:

• Make organization a daily habit, that is, when something is messy, put it in the right place or at the end of the day, arrange everything and don’t let it pile up;
• setting clear and strict rules and defining what may (or may not) be on top of the stands;
• Pick a few basics and don’t change your mind;
• Install some kind of storage, such as shelves, for example, and make use of the walls;
• Rethink what you keep in your closet and reorganize if necessary;
• Reconsider the kitchen design if you want to remodel it;
• invest in organizing things, like a spice rack;
• Place a hood over the stove when not in use to take advantage of this space;
• use baskets to organize ingredients and utensils;
• organize everything into categories;
• Stacking wood panels (or other materials) vertically or horizontally.

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